Socialism = idolatry. The government is the idol.
When you look to a government to provide your needs, rather than God, you violate the very first commandment, “Thou shalt have none other Gods before Me.”
Despite what one might think, economics is not morally or theologically neutral. Every business action supports a certain economic paradigm and in doing so, supports a certain and specific theology. Every businessperson needs to understand that taking a specific economic position gives insight into your view of theology, morality and God. These insights must be addressed because it will affect how you run your business....For a business owner, it could be whether you maximize your profits or how you compensate your employees, issues like that....Economics is certainly not morally or theologically neutral. To take a stance as a Marxist, Keynesian, or an Adam Smith Capitalist reveals insight into your view of man, God and redemption....
....These truths are not the same as capitalism. Yet capitalism is the one economic paradigm that is most congruent with Calvin’s teachings and the Biblical economic “truths” I mentioned....Calvin believed wealth cannot be evil because God chooses to bless some with wealth. But, whether wealthy or poor, Calvin and the Bible exhort us to be content with our economic positions in life and to live a life following his word, not chasing after wealth....People who think of Calvin as equating material prosperity with eternal destiny are misreading him. But if someone is in difficulty, then maybe that is where that person needs to be in this life for the sake of his eternal life. That may be an expression of God’s will.
-- from the thread How theology ties into economics
The great sin is Pride. Satan can get to us through many means, but Pride seems to be where we are usually most vulnerable.
Socialism is all about creating a perfect human society on earth. God, in his infinite wisdom, did not give us that -- but the Socialists will!! They know best, and they have the wisdom to make it happen!
Voegelin called it Immanentizing the eschaton.
yes.
That's why dopes who, like G.W. Bush and Rick Perry, think Islam is an honorable, peaceful "faith," have led us to disaster.
Oh yes.
Hell yes!
The father of socialism is altruism. The term altruism was coined by Auguste Compte, a french philosopher who was a socialist and a statist.
Easy question.
All socialists (communists) are satanists!
They believe in government instead of God. Washington is full of atheists who traded God for power.
Thanks for posting this, it’s very informative.
I knew the Commies were godless, I never knew they were devil worshipers.
Good to know.
Their twisted beliefs are certainly manifest at the OWS nonsense.
But, of course, it is not nonsense. And I shouldn’t say it is. It is a war and we are their enemies.
The left will NEVER stop, not until they are crushed totally beneath the boot heel of history.
Check out Marx's doctoral dissertation with its draft preface that closes:
Philosophy, as long as a drop of blood shall pulse in its world-subduing and absolutely free heart, will never grow tired of answering its adversaries with the cry of Epicurus:
"Not the man who denies the gods worshipped by the multitude, but he who affirms of the gods what the multitude believes about them, is truly impious."
Philosophy makes no secret of it. The confession of Prometheus:
"In simple words, I hate the pack of gods"
[Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound]
is its own confession, its own aphorism against all heavenly and earthly gods who do not acknowledge human self-consciousness as the highest divinity. It will have none other beside.
But to those poor March hares who rejoice over the apparently worsened civil position of philosophy, it responds again, as Prometheus replied to the servant of the gods, Hermes:
"Be sure of this, I would not change my state
Of evil fortune for your servitude.
Better to be the servant of this rock
Than to be faithful boy to Father Zeus."
[Ibid.]
Prometheus is the most eminent saint and martyr in the philosophical calendar.
Alinsky's dedication of Rules for Radicals to Lucifer is in the same tradition.
Whether you want to take Alinsky literally or translate Marx's Prometheus as Lucifer is something people will argue about for a long time without coming to any certain resolution.
Of the total number of people murdered in the 20th century, both civilian and military, by far the largest percentage were victims of the communist/socialist ideology.
Very interesting/informative article. Thanks for posting.
Very interesting/informative thread. Thanks to all posters.
From “The Law” Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850...
“Above all, if you wish to be strong, begin by rooting out every particle of socialism that may have crept into your legislation. This will be no light task.”
DEFUND socialist collectives, foreign and domestic.
DEPOPULATE socialists and RINOS (Republicans Implementing Nuances Of Socialism) from Congress.
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71
Quick answer is YES!
Great read on Liberalism, which speaks about faith, real world, and Satan’s involvement in Liberalism. written over a century ago yet sounds just like today’s conversations in so many ways. Check out pages 86-92 for quick definitions on the Symptoms of Liberalism.
http://catholicharboroffaithandmorals.com/What%20is%20Liberalism%20New.html
He is according to Bill Ayres.
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD” (Psalm 33:12)
I wonder, is the LORD still the God of America? or has he been forgotten?
Does conservatism stand true to biblical truth? If not, is politics enough to save our country?
Karl watched most of his kids die from disease and malnutrition while he drank, smoked cigars, and plotted in a windowless tenement with his fellow imps. No devil there....
Richard Wurmbrand, a pastor who had been persecuted by the Communists while in Eastern Europe, has written extensively about the ties between Karl Marx and Satanism.